Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/11

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Subject: [Leica] Product lineup
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 20:38:36 +0200
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That 2.5 lineup is still there.

But the bar is getting raised. I have a Pentax K5 besides my M8, and I enjoy 
being able to shoot at a usable ISO 6400 using my f1.4 lenses.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA



On May 11, 2012, at 8:33 PM, charcot wrote:

> Ernie "ludite" Nitka here:  Leica's lineup is confusing to me.  They are 
> making world class , super fast lenses as if we were still shooting film 
> and at the same time making advances in ISO on their digital bodies.  So 
> what is the purpose of a 21/2.4 on a monochrome camera with ISO of 10K ( 
> assuming that usable iso is 2-3K).  It is rather mute as I can't afford 
> the new , fast lenses even though I still shoot film.
> 
> If I were Leica I'd go back to f/2.5 lineup that was afordable and would 
> mate up fine with higher iso M9.
> 
> en
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